- ARCHIVE / Sci-Fi
- Erik T. Johnson / The New Republic
New cover illustration by a Minneapolis master. Above: Erik T. Johnson, cover for The New Republic. Hot of the presses and fresh on the newsstands, Erik’s latest work heralds the ghouls of the far-right. How apropos! Even better, Erik has graciously agreed to share his process here. Scroll! Above: Erik’s first sketch. “This was a [...]
- Flashbelt 2010 Poster
Digital version of some upcoming Typografika Nuevo. Above: A wee new poster (18×24) I just made for Flashbelt founder and producer Dave Schroeder, pilotvibe. The photographic element is a treated version of Jeremy Thorp’s Just Landed. The posters are going into production, look for more info and adaptations soon. It was an honor working with [...]
- Gato gegen lightsaber.
If a cat stuck in your ceiling pipes, use the force wisely. Above: Muscat, starring himself, confronts his greatest fear. There can be only one solution to this type of situation. Muscat, as is so clearly documented here, has no option but to retreat. Ha! Superior technology wins the day once again.
- Sweet internets.
Futurama from 1969… Above: The Internet in 1969, was kicking around The Huffington Post yesterday, and it’s too good not to feature again and again. Viel spass dabei!
- Avatar / Papyrus
Fu*king fu*k. Above: Dan Sinclair, from an earlier post. Geotypografika readers may remember Dan’s experiment as a serious attempt to create an appropriate design/interaction given the limitations of Papyrus. A successful experiment to say the least, and also worth the debate, a good designer should be able to design something beautiful/good with Papyrus (insert any [...]
- Kees Boeke
Cosmic View (1957) Above: Via Artsmonitor, Kees Boeke’s Cosmic View: The Universe in 40 Jumps. Published in 1957. Boeke also explored the opposite direction. Powers of Ten, the Eames’ presentation of this same concept, was released in 1977.
- Invisible
The technology behind the illusion. Above: Via Der Spiegel (online English version), a “scanning electron microscope image of the fabricated three-dimensional fishnet metamaterial.” Great series of graphs explaining vital concepts and technology behind invisiblity.
- Tron
Midnight MPLS Above: Tron, light bike game. Tonight at the Landmark Uptown Theater with Tron Guy. Tron guy? C’mon, you know Tron Guy.